Swallowing Suffering
Posted by tom | Dec 20, 2006Tracey Gee wrote a powerful chapter on experiencing Jesus when we're going through painful times in IVP's new release More Than Serving Tea: Asian American Women on Expections, Relationships, Leadership and Faith. Based on Mary's response to Lazarus' death as recorded in John 11-12, we notice a pattern 1. Avoidance: staying in the house away from Jesus, 2. Telling the truth: speak honestly with Jesus, 3. Experiencing Jesus' compassion, 4. Experiencing Jesus' redemption, 5. Entering deep love and intimacy with Jesus. Leading to compassion for others and a vision with the end in sight as suffering is lived out in the Presence of God (pp.74-85). Amen.
